Tom:
Thank you for you comments. I agree whole heartedly.
Having had the opportunity on several occasions to operate at big gun DX
stations, I confirm your view.
The use of packet or other spotting methods by casual operators helps keep the
rate up and the multipliers coming. Not all are captured by running but at
least 90 percent are.
If the use of spotting spurs the participation by casual operators then the
contest benefits and the activity level is increased. Is this not what we want
as contesters?
The policing of activity should be self directed and the exclusion of
participants is the domain of the sponsors and their log checkers.
This thread is churned after every major contest and is getting thread-bare.
Contesting is a leisure activity and participation is not life critical.
Get on, participate and have fun.
73
Hank Lonberg, P.E.,S.E.
Lonberg Design Group Ltd.
KR7X -- IH9/KR7X -- IH9P
Pantelleria Contest Team
Tikirriki Contest Club
> All of these gripes fall into the same category of disapproval.
> Contester A is unhappy with the rules as they are for one reaosn or another.
> In an apparent effort to try to sway the contest sponsors to change the
> rules to something which THEY prefer, they gripe on reflectors such as this.
> Changing categories, offering shorter contest, removing packet, adding other
> categories all fall into this same scenario. Personally I am thankful to all
> of the contest sponsors for providing all of the coordination necessary to
> run such successful contests and hope they will continue to try to bring us
> the most active contest possible. Perhaps the continual bickering will cease
> when folks take their own advice by not participatig in these activities
> which are so degrading the very hobby. Without participants, contests would
> not be as much fun, and without packet, there would not be as many
> participants. The "casual operator" is the one who makes the contest. The
> casual 'lil pistol, tribander and wires operator is the reason why
> successful contests exist. The sooner contesters realize that the sooner
> they'll become successful. Top notch multi teams don't need packet because
> they're too busy making contacts. Although packet may be part of the reason
> these big gun stations are successful, it is not THEIR use of packet but the
> 'lil pistols use of Packet to find them. If you wish to deter casual
> (tribander and wire) type operators from getting on for a few hours to
> finding their "new one" remove packet. I'm still not sure why people all
> over want to change the existing rules. It's similar to the "I'll take my
> ball and go home mentality." The difference it that this is NOT your ball.
> Play the game by the rules. If you don't like the rules, don't play the
> game. As for the distinguished OM's one of the author's referred to, I
> assure you (with no intended disrespect the those mentioned) that most hams
> have no idea who they are. Even many of us in the contest world have no idea
> who they are. Although they may be rolling over in their graves, they would
> surely be happy that their beloved past-time still exists.
>
> Tom Baugh
> AE9B
>
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